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A chase and counter-chase between police and BNP leaders, activists occurred in Dhaka's Kakrail area today, creating panic among people.
Witnesses said leaders and activists of BNP brought out a procession in the Kakrail area and started going towards InterContinental hotel around 1 pm.
At one stage, police obstructed them, and BNP leaders, activists started throwing brick chips at the law enforcers.
Later, police fired rubber bullets, used sound grenades and tear gas shells to disperse them.
The BNP men also set a police box on fire in front of Kakrail Church at 1:10 pm and staged a demonstration by burning a tyre at Kakrail Mosque intersection.
Meanwhile, a man was injured when BNP men reportedly attacked him, suspecting him to be a supporter of Awami League in the Kakrail area around 12:45 pm.
Earlier in the day, miscreants vandalised three vehicles in Kakrail area.
The grand rally of BNP has begun in front of its Nayapaltan central office with the participation of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies to press home their one-point demand for holding the upcoming national election under a non-party government.
The rally formally began around 12:40 pm with recitation from the holy Quran.
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